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Well, hello and welcome to Crowd Church's non-live livestream August series. My

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name is Matt Edmundson, and I just wanted to jump on before we get started with

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today's talk and tell you what's going on. So this isn't our usual Sunday

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service. I know, but it is our usual August Crowd service. If you're a regular

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to Crowd, you will have twigged already that we are not live. We're not in our

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studio as we would usually be when we livestream. Which means I won't be

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fighting the usual technical difficulties, but I may well fluff the odd line.

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Just putting that out there. And here's why it's a little bit different. Because

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in August, half of Crowd Church kind of disappear to somewhere hot, and the

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other half of us are trying to kind of figure out, well, why did we not book

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somewhere, right? It is the month in the UK that most of the team get to book

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their holidays because of family. So we lean in, we lean— see, messing my lines

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up— we lean into that every August. And we pre-record the talks. So we don't

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have the Conversation Street. We don't have Live Lounge. And the whole team just

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gets to stop for the entire month of August. We think of it as our Sabbath rest.

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And it's a practice we've done every year. Yeah, so that people who serve you

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week in week, they get some proper Sabbath rest and you still get something

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worth turning up for. The talks are actually Brilliant. Uh, you'll get a lot out

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of them. So make sure you keep watching on a Sunday with your cup of tea, or

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possibly in August on a Wednesday afternoon when you're avoiding something

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important. I don't know, whatever suits you. And of course, if you're new here

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to Crowd, let me give you a big fat hello. Crowd is an online church, uh,

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actually with, uh, members all over the place. Everything we do here at Crowd,

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from the Sunday livestream to our midweek community groups, even the online

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course for those exploring Christianity All of it is on the website, which is

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www.crowd.church. Now this August, we are in the book of Psalms for 5 weeks, 5

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Psalms. These are sort of Psalms written by people that— it's the book in the

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middle of the New Old Testament. And there's going to be a thread running

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through this series, which is what restoration actually looks like when your

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life is all over the place, which Hands up if you need to hear that right now.

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One more thing before we get started, make sure you stay with us to the end of

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the video because there are some changes coming to Crowd starting in September,

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all of them good ones. And I'm going to tell you about a few of them after the

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talk. So hopefully that's created enough intrigue. But that's it. Let's settle

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in. Grab your notebooks, grab your pens. Let's enjoy the talk. I'll be back.

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I don't know where you are in the world or what the situation is like in your

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country, but I do know that you're in a battle right now. Maybe you're painfully

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aware of it. Maybe you haven't got the faintest idea what I'm talking about. The

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battle I'm talking about is a spiritual battle, as we can see in the book of

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Ephesians. Ephesians 6:12 says, for our struggle is not against flesh and blood,

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but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark

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world, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. The

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battle also takes place in our minds. 2 Corinthians 10 says this: For though we

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live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight

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with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power

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to demolish strongholds, We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets

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itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to

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make it obedient to Christ. The 2025 Mental Health Report produced by Mind and

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the Centre for Mental Health found that 1 in 5 adults in England are living with

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a common mental health problem. Amongst 16 to 24-year-olds, mental ill health

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rose from 17.5% in 2007 to 25.8% in 2023 to 2024. The good news about Jesus is

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good news for every area of our life, including our mental health. Jo Hargreaves

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is a Christian psychotherapist who integrates theology and therapy. She says

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that the Bible is the most regulating book for our nervous system. And by

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implication for our minds. In it, we come face to face with a God who tells us

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we are lovingly created for a purpose. We're not just a cosmic accident. We are

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unconditionally loved, fully understood, and that he wants a, a loving

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relationship with us. He's patient and kind. He's dependable. He's present. But

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we have an adversary who wants to steal, kill and destroy. He wants us to walk

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away from our relationship with the source of life and health, and he does that

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mostly by whispering lies to us. What we believe about God, ourselves, and other

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people affects the way we act. And one of the times we are most vulnerable to

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those lies is during times of hardship. Times of hardship are a bit like a

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crossroads Which path are we going to take? Are we going to walk away from God

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or walk towards him? Can you think of a time when you felt utterly desperate?

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Maybe you had a health crisis that rocked your world, or maybe you had chronic

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pain where your suffering felt relentless. Maybe it was a painful or broken

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relationship. Maybe you watched someone you love suffer illness or repeated

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rejection. Maybe you've suffered abuse. Maybe you've sent hundreds of job

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applications and haven't had a single lead or even a reply, and you feel

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worthless. Maybe you felt that no one understands you. Maybe you felt deeply

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lonely. Maybe that's how you feel now. If so, the psalm we're about to look at

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today may seem as though it were written for you only this morning. In the

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Bible, the Psalms are sacred songs used for praise and worship, but they're not

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just full of lovely words about God. They touch on some of our deepest emotions

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and difficult circumstances. Today we're going to look at Psalm 77 by a man

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called Asaph. Now, many scholars believe that it was the Asaph who lived in King

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David's era. Others think it was a different Asaph, written during a later

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national crisis involving threat of invasion by the Assyrians, or around the

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time of Babylonian exile. We're going to look at how Asaph's suffering led to a

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battle in his mind and how he dealt with that. It's not a comprehensive answer

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to the question of our mental health or the battle for our minds, but it's part

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of the puzzle. Here's the first part of the psalm. I cried out to God for help.

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I cried out to God to hear me. When I was in distress, I sought the Lord. At

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night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted. I remembered

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You, God, and I groaned. I meditated, and my spirit grew faint. You kept my eyes

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from closing. I was too troubled to speak. Notice how he started off crying out

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to God in his distress. Even some atheists have been known to cry out to God

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when their world seems to be crumbling. Maybe you're one of them. So he started

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with words, but after a while, words weren't enough to express the depth of his

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pain, and all he had left was groans. Have you ever been given words by other

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people that were intended to comfort you, but they had the opposite effect

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because they made light of your situation? Words such as, "Just trust God and it

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will all be okay," "Just think of all the people worse off than you," "It could

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be worse," "Look on the bright side." Lamentations 2:19 says, "Arise, cry out in

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the night as the watches of the night begin. Pour out your heart like water in

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the presence of the Lord." In the UK, especially in the era of my grandparents,

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the standard approach to difficult situations was the stiff upper lip, stiff

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upper lip approach. That approach meant staying outwardly strong and denying or

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hiding your feelings. The Bible doesn't seem to advocate the hiding of your

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feelings. Rather, it encourages us to pour out our hearts like water in the

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presence of the Lord. Faith doesn't mean pretending that everything is okay when

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it's not. Rather, faith is about a relationship with the living God. It's about

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being honest about how we feel, but then looking to God for the truth. Not to

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distract ourselves from facing reality by constantly scrolling or binge-watching

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TV series or using constant work as an avoidance technique. God is big enough to

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deal with it all. The next verses say this: I thought about the former days, the

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years of long ago. I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my

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spirit asked, will the Lord reject forever? Will He never show His favor again?

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Has His unfailing love vanished forever? Has His promise failed for all time?

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Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has He in anger withheld His compassion? Our

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difficult circumstances can lead us to look back on times when we were happy and

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ask questions about God in the present. To question His character and intent

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towards us, Has he rejected me? Does he really love me? Is he angry with me?

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Does God actually exist? Because if he does and he's all good and all-powerful,

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surely he wouldn't allow this to happen. So what does the writer do with all

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those emotions, questions, and doubts? Let's continue reading. Then I thought,

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to this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right

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hand. I will remember the deeds of the Lord. Yes, I will remember your miracles

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of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty

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deeds. He starts to remember the times when God came through for his people. He

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starts to remember who God is and remind himself of the truth. Whether you are a

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Christ follower or not, think back over your life to when you cried out to God

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and he answered you, or to times when been really aware of his presence. I

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recently had the privilege of listening to some people's stories of this on an

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online Alpha course that we do as part of Crowd Church. For those of you don't

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know, Alpha is a course designed for people who are investigating the Christian

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faith. It's a space to find out what the faith is about and to be able to ask

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all your questions in a safe space. A few weeks ago, we were looking at the

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first session about the Holy Spirit. I asked the question, have you ever had a

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time when you experienced unexplained peace or guidance? The answers really

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encouraged me. Everyone had a story, big or small, of spiritual experiences in

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some dire situations. If you would like to join an Alpha course, you can either

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sign up for one in the many churches around the world who run them, or you could

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sign up for an Alpha online with Crowd Church. But what if you can't think of

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any experiences of God in your life? If you're serious about wanting to know if

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God exists, and if he does, does he care about you? Ask him to reveal himself to

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you. Jeremiah 29 says this: You will seek me and find me when you seek me with

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all your heart. This is not a one-off seeking, but a continual seeking. And he

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may not answer in the way you want or expect, or in a time frame you'd like. But

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he will answer. The writer goes on to say, your ways, God, are holy. What, uh,

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God is as great as our God? You are the God who performs miracles. You display

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your power among the peoples. With your mighty arm, you redeemed your people,

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the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. The waters saw you, God. The waters saw and

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writhed. The very depths depths were convulsed. The clouds poured down water,

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the heavens resounded with thunder. Your arrows flashed back and forth, your

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thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world, the earth

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trembled and quaked. Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty

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waters, through the footprints— though the footprints were not seen. You led

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your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Asaph, the writer of

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the psalm, begins to recall times from long ago when God came through for his

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people. He's referring to when God rescued his people from slavery in Egypt and

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parted the sea so that they could walk through and escape the Egyptians. They

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too had cried out to God and wondered if he was listening and if he cared. But

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God had heard and he did come and rescue them. Although not in the timescale

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they would have liked. When we remember the good things that God has done in our

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past, it gives us comfort in the present and hope for the future. It's no wonder

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that God often asked his people to build memorials after significant events and

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to tell their children and their grandchildren all that God had done for their

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ancestors. The writer of the psalm wasn't even alive at the time of the miracles

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he's bringing to mind, so he didn't even experience them himself. We too can use

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other people's stories about what God has done as an encouragement to ourselves.

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We're not all necessarily going to get the miracle that we want in the way and

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the time that we want one, as by definition they're not the standard way things

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work. But the miracles that do happen are not only for the encouragement of the

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person who received them, but they're for all of us. They're a reminder that God

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is a— is powerful and does care, that one day God will put all things right. And

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God also works in other ways, not just through miracles, but in many other ways.

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The last verse of this Psalm says, "You led your people like a flock by the hand

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of Moses and Aaron." In the Old Testament, God is referred to as a shepherd. In

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the New Testament, Jesus explicitly claims this identity. In John 10:10, Jesus

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says, 'I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays his life down for the

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sheep.' The author of the psalm didn't mention any resolution to the question of

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why he was suffering other than looking back and remembering God's character.

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What we do know is that it wasn't because God didn't care. All through the Old

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Testament, we see a God who passionately cares for his people. In Jesus, we see

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a God who joins us in our suffering. He came to make us free from the inside out

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and will one day set all things right. So if you're going through a tough time

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right now and questioning God's existence, his love and care for you, take heart

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from this psalm. Run to God rather than away from him and pour out your heart to

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him. But don't stop there. Choose to turn your thoughts to stories of what he's

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done, either for you or for other people. Remind yourself of who God is and what

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he's done. If you don't have any of your own stories yet, there are loads on The

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Crowd's What's the Story podcast, which you can find on our website. And turn

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your thoughts to Jesus. Jesus showed us God's unconditional love. I'll finish

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with a passage from the book of Romans. It says this, it's Romans 8:31-32. If

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God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but

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delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all

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good things?

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So that's the talk, and you're going to be able to find all of the notes, a sort

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of a detailed blog post about it, all on the website, which is www.crowd.church.

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And of course, if you'd rather listen than watch, you know, maybe you're on the

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school run, on a dog walk, washing up, whatever it is, every talk goes out as a

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podcast. Just search Crowd— uh, not Crowd Church, that's our website— search

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Crowd Church wherever you get your podcasts from. I reference back my previous

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point about fluffing lines. Now, I did say at the start that there were some

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changes coming to Crowd, so do let me tell you about them. Number 1, Live

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Lounge. Now, normally Live Lounge is a chance to jump and chat to the team, to

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jump, jump on to a call and chat with members of the team after the live stream

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has ended. But from September, you're gonna be able to do that from the start of

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the live stream, you'll be able to watch the live stream in Live Lounge and

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watch it with actual people, for your community, your friends, maybe even make

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some new friends. And like I say, going to do that right from the start, which

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I'm really excited about, because it is going to help us build community. We

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have a phenomenal community here at Crowd Church. And building on that, I think

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is going to just be exciting and phenomenal. So that's going to be one change.

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The second change, the Wednesday night community groups are changing a little

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bit. So instead of having scattered and disparate groups, we're going to gather

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together as one big community and then break into smaller groups. And And each

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small group will be your regular sort of community group where people get to

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know your name. When they notice if you're not there, and you get to build your

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friendships. Alpha will run alongside Community from September. It's going to

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move to a Wednesday night, same time, 7:30. Um, and Alpha is great if you're new

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to the Christian faith or if you're just exploring the Christian faith. The next

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Alpha course starts on the 9th of September. September, and you can register for

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that on the website at www.crowd.church. We have lots of people coming to Alpha.

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They are phenomenal things. Um, so yeah, go check out the website, uh, for more

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information about that at Crowd Church. The third change, uh, is more in-person

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meetups.

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Yay!

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Go in-person meetups! Now, we baptized, uh, some folks in Dorset, uh, last

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month, which was really phenomenal. We thought, actually, we need to do more of

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in-person meetup. So that's what we're going to do. We are planning gatherings

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throughout the year, from regional meetups to bigger events. Again, more

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information will be coming, more information on the website. One thing to tell

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you about, CrowdFest 27 will be held— with CrowdFest is going to be a big

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get-together where we all get together. And we're going to do that at the

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Wildfires Festival at the end of July in 2027. You can find out more information

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about Wildfires Festival and buy your tickets at wildfiresfestival.com, um, or

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just follow the links from the website because there's going to be more

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information on the website about CrowdFest 27, crowd.church. So yeah, if that's

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not it, there's more stuff coming. Yes, there are. So, but I don't want to

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bombard you. We're going to go through that in more detail in September. Yes, we

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are. So in the meantime, like I said, everything you want to know about Crowd

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from past talks all the stuff we've talked about today is on the website,

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www.crowd.church. Make sure you subscribe to the channel, uh, whilst you're

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here, because like I said, this is a 5-parter all the way through the Book of

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Psalms, and it's built to be taken as a whole. Each one's going to build onto

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the next one, so don't miss any of them. But that's it from me. Thank you so

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much for joining us. Have a phenomenal week wherever you are in the world. I

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will see you next time. Bye for now.